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Balancing Objectives: Trade Versus Human Rights
AARONSON'S PLEA FOR A GLOBAL INSTITUTION TO ENFORCE HUMAN RIGHTS
How to right the human rights-trade imbalance? That is the subject of the book ‘Trade Imbalance: the Struggle to Weigh Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policy-Making’ by Prof. Dr. Susan A. Aaronson and Jamie M. Zimmermann. On October 6th, Prof. Aaronson presented the research and main findings during a captivating lunch seminar at K.U.Leuven’s law faculty.
German, Greek and Portuguese Elections Under Examination
In the last weeks, millions of Europeans have decided whom they were going to entrust with the governments of their countries for the coming years. The German, Greek and Portuguese peoples went to the polls to opt for the candidate, the political party, the ideology that they find most suitable to face the challenges of our days. Big surprises? Certainly.
Obama’s Nobel Prize for Peace
OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL REFLECTION?
On the 9th of October, 2009, the Nobel committee in Oslo announced the selection of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This came as a surprise, excitement, disappointment, or an opportunity for outrage for some. For all, it can be safely said that this is somehow significant.
European Commission's President Barroso Re-elected
On September 16th, the members of the European Parliament re-elected José Manuel Barroso as Commission President for another period of five years. Barroso must have been relieved, since several fractions heavily campaigned against him. In all controversy: is he the right person for the right place?
Why We Should All Care: Attention! No gays allowed.
The path has been difficult and steep; it has always been full of suffering and anguish, of desperation and grief. Lives destroyed, ruined stories of love, broken hearts and silenced words, forgotten emotions, beaten hopes. Homosexuality has never been an option for many men and women who saw their lives slowly disappear in a violent storm of social discredit whose end they would never know.
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